First Minister issues grit pledge

First Minister Alex Salmond has said that salt and grit orders are in place and supplies are expected to be delivered in January to help Scotland tackle the winter weather.

Speaking to MSPs at First Minister's Questions he reassured that the country will have enough salt and grit, with fresh supplies due next month, while a previously built-up resilience stock is also available.

Mr Salmond said that currently the country held 140,000 tonnes of salt and grit stocks, while a further 150,000 are on order from places such as Peru and India.

He said: "What we have managed to do in Scotland is to use the resilience supplies in order to make sure the salt and grit is there to keep Scotland moving, and that was the purpose of building up the resilience stock."